Well, I did it . . . I think. See, I remember thinking "I've gotta study every day" quite often for the last couple weeks, but I didn't write down when I did or check off each day from a list.
What did we learn: keep track of your goals so you know when you're hitting and missing. I must've forgotten something from my earlier weight training days. And maybe it would help to start keeping track of that again.
Today I begin my new self discipline training. I will study Chinese vocab at least 5 minutes every single day for the next 10 days. No exceptions. No, "I'll do double tomorrow." No excuses. (For those curious, Steve Pavlina was much of my inspiration.)
You've gotta appreciate the little things you can accomplish when you know as little Chinese as I do. Last week, in Chinese class:
鐘老師: 潔旎, 你的 生日 是 哪天?
潔旎: 七月 十九號.
鐘老師: 哪年?
我: 每年!
So Josh just told me about myfabrik.com. It's a neat concept - free online storage in exchange for the requirement that everything's public. It's a great way both to trade information at a higher speed and settle on standards (as people will be using the same versions of files, just like source repositories) (note to self: write about how faster exchange might equal accepting more standards).
I said, "so, clearly, you can't upload copyrighted material..."
The first thought that came to my mind was to create an online directory of people who were willing to trade files over myfabrik and you agree on a time to trade, then take the files down because leaving them up would leave them likely to being happened upon.
Then, I said, " you could have a program that searches the directory, negotiates a time with the other party, then automatically uploads, downloads, deletes.
Josh says, "and instead of 'torrents' they'd be called 'stitches'. I can see the program icon now!"
But why create it? I mean, there's no profit in it, and why is it better than torrents? It's like the laserdisc or the SACD - yeah, they're better, but they're not revolutionary.
